Yes, currently there is no up-to-date recommended laptop list. The existing consists of either certified ones (from other list) or completely outdated that are not sold anymore.
But I am making steps towards creating it. Other people are happy to participate, provide extended HCL instead of not-that-useful usual ones, give additional information and even run test on their hardware. You can actually do the list as a compare table, preferably available online or at least as a Libreoffice Calc file, it would be great
Please read discussion here: Proposal for re-organizing the HCL