So his forward stick and decrease in AoA may have gotten him on the way to recovery, but do we know the decrease in AoA was not just the a/c dropping her nose after stalling?
If the Captain did re-enter and shout, or command, likely it would have been something along the lines that precipitated a "just about" recovery.
You know, this discussion, read with patience, will eventually get to within 90 per cent of the actuals.