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I've never had a book rejected for that. The only thing in about 7 years that Apple objected to was a line reading, "free updates with proof of purchase". But actually if people buy on Smashwords they can freely get any revision since their purchase.
Even the Kobo Elipsa doesn't do two up pages for an ebook (10.3″), nor Sage, Elipsa2, Elipsa, Nia, Touch C, or Aura HD H2O original.
Nor does the Elipsa do it with PDFs.
I've only ever seen it on PDFs (scans or not) that are actually formatted two pages side by side, or columns. Though I'm sure the Fixed layout epub can do it.
I have seen two columns (not pages) done in epub, azw3 and mobi using tables or CSS. It's often dreadful. I edited one ebook that had a short letter in one column and the recipient thinking about it and narration in the second column to be sequential. That was mimicking what was originally on a single page on print edition. J Rowling also had a badly done multicolumn ebook, but again it wasn't two page layout.
Anyway, the guidelines are maybe written by someone that's not used regular ebooks and less than a 10" screen. Maybe even a viewer on a desktop.
The only way I can sensibly even see two pages PDF is on a 22" QHD or ideally 4k/UHD approximately 23" screen. I'd like a 4K 19" or 20" but can't find one.
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