Hi Chrstie,
Thank you for your response. Unfortunately the recording does not appear in the "Record Screen" drop down area, and your response is confirming what I was dreading! I was hoping it was cached somewhere that was possibly retrievable. If anyone has any ideas on how to retrieve the recordings if they exist somewhere in eLearning Limbo, please let me know!
I'll submit a feature request as you suggest, because I think that you should be able to save the recordings from that screen without inserting them into the project, or at the very least have a pop-up alert warning you that you will lose your recording completely if you cancel without doing so.