The setting is in Features - General because, as you say, it should have an impact not only on the Nav panel but also in database Structure Action (disable the stars).
However, the "Recently used tables" setting should be only for the Nav panel and the change has been made for 4.3.3.
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The setting is in Features - General because, as you say, it should have an impact not only on the Nav panel but also in database Structure Action (disable the stars).
However, the "Recently used tables" setting should be only for the Nav panel and the change has been made for 4.3.3.
Fix: https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/c2e308cb1e515263da402fee680db3c3900c2b3c