I think where it went wrong here is that when it asked you for your "passphrase" (which is called a recovery key) it's very likely it wanted your login password instead. (Because that is indeed needed to reset the recovery key).
The recovery key (whitespace doesn't matter btw, it's just a 48 char string) is only needed when you logout of all devices and subsequently want to restore your encrypted messages.
The recovery key (whitespace doesn't matter btw, it's just a 48 char string) is only needed when you logout of all devices and subsequently want to restore your encrypted messages.