These states they list are trivia question game answers.
Texas was a real country.
Embassies and legations when Texas was its own country
https://www.georgeranch.org/blog/embassies-legations-texas-country/#:~:text=During%20the%20Republic%20years%2C%20we,%2D1839)%2C%20Richard%20G.
Foreign relations of the Republic of Texas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Republic_of_Texas
The Texas Navy and Texas Army were merged with the United States Armed Forces on February 19, 1846 after the Republic of Texas became the 28th state of the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Navy
“These states they list are trivia question game answers.”
Exactly. That’s why I mentioned the qualifier of recognition and acceptance. Texas had both; those others didn’t (with the possible exception of Hawaii).