Jedi an official UK religion?

[Sam Brown]

OK. This is stupid, but... you know when you have those petty little 
arguments with friends, and you're *sure* that you're right, but you 
need confirmation from third parties to make sure that you're sure?

Anyway, today a friend and I had a heated discussion as to whether or 
not 'Jedi' was recognised as an official religion in the UK, as a 
result of a recent census. My friend argued that 25,000+ Star Wars 
fans united and all named themselves 'Jedi' under the 'what is your 
religion?', which resulted in official recognition of the Jedi 
religion. My friend then furthered her argument by claiming that, on 
the next census, Jedi would be one of the boxes available to tick, 
along with Christianity, Islam, et al.

I maintained that there was an email circulating urging people to 
list their religion as Jedi - it did the rounds in the UK, Australia, 
New Zealand, etc - but that Jedi is definitely not the newest UK 
religion. Even if the right number of people *had* listed themselves 
as Jedi, it wouldn't be accepted because of the census counting 
system. 

So, I'm right, right? Jedi is not an official religion in the UK, or 
anywhere else, for that matter. 

Sam, obsessively determined to prove he is correct!