As Gertrude the Wombat said he was near a MATZ and not in contact but probably would have made things easier for all concerned if he had been
Not at all. The other 99 times I've flown past that MATZ they had no interest in me at all - what d'you think they'd rather do, make one phone call or handle 100 radio conversations with someone who didn't want a service outside their airspace that they weren't offering anyway?