> involved a non-favored foreign state
Egypt is not 'non-favored'. The US has very close ties with Egypt's dictatorial regime[0], despite its awful domestic human rights record[1].
[0]https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/58552...
[1]https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/egypt-human-r...