The Books of the Maccabees are not included in the Jewish and Protestant canons of the Scriptures because the Jewish sages who ruled on the extent of the biblical canon in the decades following the destruction of the Temple came to the consensus that if a text was not written in Hebrew or Aramaic, it was not canonical.
The Reformers adopted this methodology.
The Catholics and Orthodox adopted the methodology which said that any book generally acknowledged throughout the Christian Church as Scripture was canonical.
The miracle is referenced in the Talmud, specifically in the Gemara of the tractate Shabbat on page 21b of the standard edition.
The Book of the Maccabees was written in Aramaic.
It was not included because it encouraged rebellion. After the 67 and 135, this was seen as suicidal.