Scottish Secretary Mr Mundell asked Mozambique's minister of industry to grant the recognition, which would mean only whisky that has been made in Scotland could legally be sold as Scotch in the country.
Exports of whisky to Mozambique have risen strongly in recent years.
He said that Scotland's whisky producers needed to be "protected from imitators, and consumers in Mozambique and elsewhere should be able to have confidence that what they are drinking is the real thing".
Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) chief executive David Frost said: "It is great to see that Scotch Whisky is in such demand in Mozambique and we expect its popularity to increase as the country's economy grows.
"We have the same positive outlook for many African countries with a growing-middle class seeking out high-quality imported products such as Scotch."
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