Do either of those nations officially recognize Scientology as a religion? President Bill Clinton made that call in America after John Travolta paid him a visit.
They do. Even though it’s well established that Hubbard created the whole thing on a bet with John W. Campbell and later went on to exploit it as a scam when he fell short of scamming the US Veteran’s Administrtation.
It seems that all you need, for a successful claim as a religion, is to profess a beliefe - any belief - in something spiritual.