Solved
List of Devices that will not work with Squadrons (HOTAS)
Product: Star Wars: Squadrons Platform:Steam-PC Please specify your platform model. PC What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? Nomadlv Are you playing in VR? Yes Which VR Platform are you ...
Apparently the whole problem is this (it fixed it for me)
So apparently the game won't recognise devices that don't have X and Y axes, I was able to get my pedals working by simply adding dummy X and Y axes in the config tool as follows:
1. Start VPC Configuration Tool and make sure "Pro" option selected in the top right
2. On the Axis page double click on a blank row in the table
3. Set Joystick Logical Axis Name to X and click Save (can ignore all other options as we don't actually need to bind this axis to anything)
4. Repeat above on next blank row for Y axis
5. Click Save VPC Device
6. Run Squadrons and it should be selectable in the list of devices now
