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He actually was a SeeD, so is Rinoa too. If you disagree, then maybe Ultimecia at least clarified Rinoa and Irvine as SeeDs because they are helping the real SeeDs.
Sorry but Irvine actually isn't a SeeD. He himself once directly states that he isn't, during, I believe, the Trabia Garden scene. Only Balamb Garden seems to graduate SeeD candiates into SeeD members. In the information option under Tutorial, I believe for Galbadia Garden it states that its graduates go straight into the Galbadian military. While judging by Selphie, Trabia doesn't either since she had to transfer to take the final exam.
I should have made my post more clear, sorry.

Irvine and Rinoa qualify as SeeDs because they do better than candidates who failed the exam AND they assist the same jobs of real SeeDs. This is why Ultimecia clarified them as SeeDs.

They may not be the ones who passed the exam but technically, they are SeeDs.
Thats like saying a really good nurse is a doctor. And even if Ultimecia did refer to them as SeeD's that doesnt make it true. If a criminal mistakes some guy for a cop that doesnt make it true.