iOS: tapping link to Wikipedia doesn't open Wikipedia app

Description of the issue:
Brave browser on iOS will not open the Wikipedia app. When using Firefox on iOS, Firefox does open the Wikipedia app.

Steps to Reproduce:

Launch Brave browser on iOS. This was tested with v1.57.2 on iOS 16.6.1.
Set Duck Duck Go as the search engine in the Brave settings.
Search for the following: “science wikipedia”
The first result in DDG results is usually a link to the topic “Science” at the Wikipedia website. After tapping the link, the URL resolves to this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science

Actual Result:
The URL is opened in the Brave browser.

Expected Result:
The Wikipedia app should be opened if the user has it installed. This is how Firefox mobile for iOS behaves.

Reproduces how often:
Always

Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Brave release
v1.57.2 on iOS 16.6.1

Reproducible on current live release (yes/no):
Yes

Additional information:
none

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