African country vs Lesotho

African country and Lesotho both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
African country	Yes	No	No	No
Lesotho	Yes	No	No	No

African country (noun)	Lesotho (noun)
any one of the countries occupying the African continent	a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966