Tim:
If you did it in say a Boeing- 767/777 under the same circumstances, I do not think the same thing would happen – aircraft break up.
I think you will find that
Boeing issued a operational bulletin shortly after the investigation into the Airbus crash that stated that rapid rudder reversals were not part of the design criteria and could lead to structural failure in Boeing aircraft.
To quote from the tech bulletin
A full or nearly full authority rudder reversal as the aeroplane reaches an "over yaw" sideslip angle may be beyond the structural design limits of the aeroplane. There are no Boeing flight Flight Crew procedures that would require this type of rudder input.