Never knowingly recognised in USA.
I was once asked by the immigration guy at Seattle, to whom I'd offered the NTO, 'what's wrong buddy, don't you have a passport?'. He was serious and I was a step away from the return to UK queue. Fortunately I did have my passport and I escaped with 'hard stares'.
Second time I was going through somewhere like Phoenix. Got the severe 3rd degree from the Immigration woman even after I'd pushed over the passport, 1250 and NTO inside.
Didn't bother with them after that and paid for a Visa, which solved everything.