Hey driver,
Easa are a protectionist organization, They don't want anyone else in the zone, I agree with you ....You will be long dead before any recognition ....
Just think about type rating , EASA will give you a rating based on your icao rating , but you will need 100 hours for singles and 350 for multis
Your instrument rating , they will give you 15 hours credit, still going to cost you well over 30k pounds to convert it