Same logic for jet engines and rocket engines
The same double explanation also applies to rocket engines and jet engines. You can say that thrust is created by accelerating the exhaust flow aftward, which creates an equal and opposite force in the forward direction: the mass of exhaust being accelerated times the acceleration equals the force we call thrust. ... or you can say that thrust is created by the pressure difference across the nozzle: the pressure difference times the area of the nozzle equals the force we call thrust. (slight oversimplification, intake must be considered, etc.) As with Bernoulli vs Newton explanations of airfoil lift, these are one and the same explanation. For any given density and viscosity of air, the pressure difference times nozzle area and the mass acceleration are mathematically related -- you can't have one without having the other.