Hile there is no secret, underground "world government" of Freemasonry in general and of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in particular, the Supreme Councils maintain friendly relations, based on history and on respect for the fundamental principles of the Rite.
The Grand Constitutions of Berlin expressly provide that there can only be one Supreme Council per State or Nation, with the exception of the United States of America, which has two.
International Conferences bring them together regularly and it is traditional for each Supreme Council to invite its peers to its annual session.
Any member of a Supreme Council in Amitywith the Supreme National Council of France is fraternally welcomed in our Workshops, as our members are in their Workshops, in accordance with the universalist spirit of the Rite.
Supreme Councils in Amity with the S.C.N.D.F. - date of their creation
Etats Unis (Juridiction sud) 1801
Espagne 1811
Etats Unis (Juridiction nord) 1813
Belgique 1817
Brésil 1829
Angleterre et Pays de Galles 1845
Ecosse 1846
Argentine1858
Chili 1870
Grèce 1872
Hongrie 1872
Suisse 1873
Canada 1874
Roumanie 1881
Pays-Bas 1912
Tchéquie 1922
Autriche 1925
Allemagne 1930
Honduras 1960
Israël 1966
Iran (en exil) 1970
Finlande 1973
Luxembourg 1976
Australie 1985
Afrique du Sud 1992
Portugal 1993
Russie 1995
Côte d’Ivoire 1996
Togo 2000
Bulgarie 2001
Chypre 2006
Estonie 2008
Ukraine 2011
Haïti 2013
Maurice 2015
Slovaquie2016
Azerbaïdjan 2017
Bénin 2018
Monaco 2018
Andorre 2019