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I think in this case volume wins out in that over 90% of Portuguese speakers are Brazilian Portuguese speakers. If anything it may one day just become "Portuguese" and "European Portuguese".

At that time, we will have niche dialects "American English" and "British English". "English" will be identified with the variety spoken in India. Please kindly do the needful good sir.

We might as well say European Spanish when referring to the language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula.

Castilian/Castellano already carries a distinct name.

But just to complicate the matter, “Castellano” is also used in South America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Spanish_language

Why is the language that using the spelling "colour" often called "British English?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese

The word "European" was chosen to avoid the clash of "Portuguese Portuguese" ("português português") as opposed to Brazilian Portuguese.