To clarify once and for all (hopefully):
"NGO" is not now, nor has it ever been a status of any kind. It is an adjective.Please forgive me for shouting, but this is exactly the kind of lack of attention to detail that would be accused as deceit by Witnesses who might otherwise wake up.
NGO means non-governmental organization. It does not in any way mean a status with respect to any organization. The Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses is an organization. It is not a government. It is, and always will be (until it crumbles), a non-governmental organization.
Georgia (formerly part of the USSR) has recognized the Watch Tower Society as an organization that is non-governmental in nature. The Orthodox Church (the GOC) was the only one that was formerly recognized in this way.
Respectfully,
OldSoul
OldSoul