If you clarify it as the first thing you do in the interview I'd expect most people to not consider this lying, but as a safeguard against silly HR/recruiting.

If you clarify it as the first thing you do in the interview I'd expect most people to not consider this lying, but as a safeguard against silly HR/recruiting. Some countries have a "master without dissertation". It doesn't technically exist here either, but you could just put that...