It does count. You just need to use the same aids to keep all variables constant. Someone with even stricter rules on simulation standards could say that your times shouldn't count either since you used racing tires. This process can continue on as each person creates their own meta game, standards, etc until people start getting upset that you've done any upgrades on the car and didn't use hard economy tires with power set as low as possible and weight as high as possible. Easy way to think about it is boxing, MMA, wrestling weight classes. You don't make heavy weights fight lightweights and you don't compare times of someone that uses aids to someone that doesn't. In this instance I've times to report for people that use the aids I've reported using. If someone wanted some tuning help and used these aids I might be a good resource, so why not list my times? It's not like we're in some kind of tournament or official competition with strictly defined rules.
Online and offline are variable to consider as well. If you race online your time could be affected by outside factors such as other players (drafting, boost) and it's been noted that the racing physics feel different. Whether that is true or not, the safe bet is to note it for the sake of controlling the variables.
I made these times before in an attempt to create a personal tier list for myself on the Ring and when I had the idea I was using aids. The aids stayed on to keep variable as consistent as possible. As I mentioned before I'm working on tunes for no aids, but it's a slow process as buying new cars and upgrades, breaking in cars, dialing in tunes, and dialing in runs is very time consuming so it might be awhile since I've only been working on the Mclaren F1 and Chevrolet Chevelle lately.