..and it definitely counted towards my PPL..this was back in 1989..so I would be surprised if your flt time was not recognised.
The rules have undergone two major changes since then. In 1999 JAR-FCL was adopted and in 2014 EASA rules were adopted, so the National Common Sense approach of 1989 has long been lost in the abyss of European bureaucracy. BossEyed has it right.