Sometimes it makes you think. I mean ok "supposedly " as the PH say Whats the big deal were all the same. But are we? Do we take the same obligations? Do we have the same degree ritual
Yes. Anyone who has visited lodges in both branches will report that the differences between the branches are no larger than the differences state to state within branches. I am one of many brothers who reports that about more than one PHA jurisdiction. Vast numbers of brothers report the same about the many states that have long had visitation.
Its funny because the answer to this question can never be answered because prince hall don't know the exact answers about us and we will never know the exact answers about them.
Why? Because we took obligations to not have masonic communication with clandestine masons.
Remember what these words mean. They mean something specific. They mean passing a tiler and attending a tiled meeting. It is trivial to check what is necessary for regularity without passing a tiler - No jurisdiction holds its landmarks secret. No jurisdiction holds the questions on its petition secret. I also notice you incorrectly added the word "exact" in there. Try visiting the next state over and see how that works for you.
They are considered clandestine to us and we are clandestine clandestine to them.
The word clandestine means something specific and this isn't it. Clandestine means founded without valid authority. As the PHA branch still keeps the original charter from the Premier Grand Lodge of England they are not. Starting the day that UGLE recognized MW PHA GL of CT no stance has been able to justify calling PHA clandestine, no matter how biased the stance.
PHA is regular and there has been no way out of admitting that since the day UGLE declared PHA regular. Any statement by any grand lodge to the contrary is some mixture of ignorant and/or dishonest. Our leaders are humans and as such capable of ignorance and error so read and learn for yourself.
What remains is recognition and housekeeping details. For example when I read the California recognition offer list Delaware and New Hampshire were missing. This year I have been in correspondence with the California Gr Sec office to correct that. If needed I will submit legislation in 2015 to force that issue, completing the set that California has offered to..