As general principle, any country's regulatory authority will only recognise ICAO licences already held for whatever advanced standing they will credit towards gaining a licence in that country. I can't think of any regulatory authority that allows a carry over of another authority's exam passes. Some allow more advanced standing eg Australia currently requires only an air law exam for a foreign pilot to meet the theory exam requirements to convert to the equivalent Oz licence. The US requires you to sit the same, single exam that local pilots must do for the qualification. JAA (& the UK in pre-JAA) times requires much more, but with some exceptions dependent on experience.
Which reminds me, you will also have to meet the minimum experience requirements of the new country for the licence you wish to gain.