South Africa (Which I know) , requires, any plane under 5700kg to be endorced by type in your log book, with paper work send to our Civil Aviation Authority. It does not get written up in your licence but rather signed in your logbook..... very erritating! like C152,C150,C172,C172k..... you get the idea.
And then over 5700kg needs to be put on your licence
Hope that explains our silly system, although it does stop people getting into somthing they dont know and drivinging it into the ground!
NR