"The bowling game is not officially recognized as a sport by the Afghan Olympic Committee yet," said the official, Ghulam Jelani Ghrob.
In fact, it is not officially recognized as a country.
It is not officially recognized in the Eastern Orthodox churches.
Keiō was not officially recognized by the Ministry of Education as a university until 1920.
Albanian is not officially recognized as a national language, and there are no accredited Albanian-language universities.
(There is a gay students' organization on campus, although it is not officially recognized by the university).
Many Muslims call themselves Rohingya, an ethnic group that is not officially recognized in Myanmar, formerly Burma.
Their faith and places of worship are not officially recognized, and Alevi children are denied exemption from Sunni religious education.
The products are not officially recognized and help make up China's estimated $6 trillion shadow banking industry.
As a result of the merger, A.B.A. statistics, records and championships are acknowledged, if not officially recognized, by the N.B.A.
"Forestry bureau confirmations are not officially recognized documents and are not issued pursuant to a legislative mandate," the report states.
