Well, that would be an easy fix to block the recipe if that is the case.
Side Note:
Just got done with the HQM and CustomNPC revamp. Many new HQM quests (over 200 now) and based on recent player feedback, tweaked the CustomNPC quests to be less confusing. And now with HQM even more linked to the main quest line should make it much better.
Once the work is complete this will mean a bump in version number to 2.8 as there were some necessary map changes and the new setup will not work on a 2.7 map. (won't cause world corruption, but in many cases just will not make any sense if you do not reset your default regions, player data should not be affected though, so if you follow the instructions in the OP you should not have any issues continuing your existing work)
Extra Side note:
FTB is preparing to make changes to the third party pack list on the launcher. This change will mean TolkienCraft will no longer be listed by default but it will however still be available by code once the change is made.