There’s a difference though. Gemini is allowing for your area BUT they have prevented Brave from being connected to them. Brave isn’t wanting to divulge the specifics, but basically somewhere along the line someone messed up on compliance and they are having to get it resolve. Until then, they are limited on which countries Gemini is allowing Brave to connect with.
That is what they were referencing at NOTICE: New region restrictions on verifying Brave Rewards with Gemini