ConsultantG is, of course, correct. When I had my license reinstated all I had to do is submit the old license and test for the new one. No seatime or recency needed to be documented or demonstrated.
My sea time was documented for a Master’s I sat for in 1982. If you still have your old license, you still have the sea time it required. In fact, a copy was all that was necessary.
Nemo