Pace but the simple fact that you nose is on the horizon means that you have reduced your AoA.
You must be what 20degs nose up with power off when you start to recover. Then reducing that down to nose on the horizon is reducing the AoA by at least 10-15 degrees.
Its a very sensible procedure to specify. Stop people over cooking it and pointing at the deck and gives everyone a set attitude to obtain that will be guaranteed to work and not cause secondary issues.
The only reason for a incipent stall to turn into a full stall is by increasing the AoA.
And if you teach AoA all the time there is a huge logical follow through about why the stall speed changes for various conditions.