Last I looked into it, it was valid in most European courts and the exception was U.K. and U.S. who have an extra layer of extortion above the Berne Convention which requires registration with their system in order to be accepted into the court. Spain, Italy and the others accept what MFC provides and is why there are a ton of services started in these countries like the following:
http://www.dmca.com/http://easytimestamping.com/http://www.safecreative.org/http://myows.com/https://depotcode.com/
You're mistaking evidence of creation with the ability to enforce the copyright. The first goes to your ability to win your case, the second goes to your ability to even file the case in the first place.