Maybe they don't know their CEO is South African?
You may find this surprising but there are in fact many foreign born employees working at SpaceX. Some of us even have accents and unusual names to go along with certain cultural quirks.
I don't consider them, or myself, any less American.
He wouldn't pay you any mind.
I'm a other-than-singular national as well and I certainly don't care to hear I'm not American.