Why did the confederacy want Britain to recognize them as an independent nation?

Great Britain was torn between taking action (or in this case inaction) in the war so that slavery would end, or so at least they wouldn't appear to be supporting it, and openly supporting the Confederacy, helping to split a potential and growing rival in two.

Explanation:

an informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.