Waz, the USCRIF and the State dept’s office of international religious freedom (IRF) are two completely different entities. Though both were created under the international religious freedom act of 1998.
The USCRIF is the one with commissioners who can recommend countries to be added to the list. This is biased towards Christianity. However, they can only recommend, they do not have any power over policy.
In this case it is the IRF report - this is limited to countries that are believed to be in violation by the executive branch.
Hope this helps.