Hi Jack.
Oh yes. African Lodge was our #459. The story is moderately well-known over here ... but of course it's not surprising that we've heard of it, since it was one of our own.
If you go to UGLE's own site (
http://www.ugle.org.uk/about-ugle/recognised-foreign-grand-lodges/), then you'll see that we do list PHAoTX.
I've noticed before that the Bessel list is often well behind the times. I don't think he updates very often. His list of UGLE recognitions currently looks to be around 5-6 years out of date. We now recognise quite a lot more (including PHAoTX, various other PHGLs, and several other GLs in other countries), and have withdrawn recognition from a couple of GLs which he still shows us as recognising.
For those who are interested in knowing more accurately who UGLE recognises, the list on the UGLE site is kept fairly up-to-date.
T & F,
Huw