You've definitely been getting information from a poor source.
There are lots of editors from all around the world. In particular there are a lot of UK editors who work as a close team on UK related categories, in addition to being very active across the directory. Sometimes it may appear harder for non-native English speakers to become accepted to an English language category due to irregularities in grammar or spelling. However, I'm sure far more native English speakers from the US are rejected due to poor spelling and grammar than any other group. 
[Note - I am not a Meta, I am sure only because of the poor skills exhibited on so many of the US websites I review. ]Anyway, it seems like you'd fit in and do well as an editor. I hope you apply again. There's good advice in the Becoming an editor forum.
I just wanted to comment that the reason we don't actually handle sites while providing status, is that this forum would rapidly become a mecca for every over-anxious webmaster trying to get an instant listing. We do try to take note of areas that have been neglected for a long time and raise awareness of the need.
