AKC is not registering them as a recognized breed, but will register them so that they can compete in non-conformation events (agility). This person is doing with AKC the same thing that has been done with several other registries for sometime now--claiming that a dog is registered when in fact, all that's being done is the dog is being recognized as a combo of two recognized breeds, not a breed of it's own.
(Same song and dance but with a different spin because this time it's the highly esteemed AKC doing it....so it must be different, right?)
Sadly, there will likely be suckers who failed to do their research first who believe it.