Damage mitigation from block not counted as "prevented" damage

Unlike in POE1, damage mitigation from block (passive/active) is not counted as prevented damage for stats such as Wandering Reliquary's "50% of Physical Damage prevented Recouped as Life".

confirming this as of a few moments ago

Just tested with wailing wall oh physical mobs and recoup- blocked damage does not trigger any recoup event.

The verbiage for Block tooltip clearly states "Blocking completely PREVENTS the damage of an incoming Strike or Projectile.