SNS, for some reason that escapes me, I've spent several hours chasing European references.
Near as I can tell, you're right.
Last night, I wrote a fairly inflammatory post impuning the motives of those who would pad their experience with "flight under IFR" rather than "Flight in IMC" which disappeared (presumably deleted by the moderators). It seems to me that the practice as promulgated by "Timmy" et al is, indeed, indefensible.
Let 'em beat you up, at least one of us thinks you're right.