This has been the definition everywhere for a while, UK and elsewhere. The fact that you are changing it now IS the most political you could ever make it. I am baffled that you could make this argument, YOU are us centric political saying this.
The 2022 wikipedia entry for Recession says that two consecutive quarters of negative growth is the common definition, says this is not universally accepted, and gives the NBER definition also.
The original 2007 wikipedia entry for Recession says that two consecutive quarters of negative growth is the common definition, says this is not universally accepted, and gives the NBER definition also, which is identical to the 2022 NBER definition.