Playing a land is a very specific game action. Putting a land token onto the field does not qualify, nor does putting any land onto the field via some spell or ability. To play a land you have to explicitly engage in the special action of playing a land. Taking any action that resembles that special action, even if that action does exactly the same, does not make it that special action.

116.2a Playing a land is a special action. To play a land, a player puts that land onto the battlefield
from the zone it was in (usually that player’s hand). By default, a player can take this action
only once during each of their turns. A player can take this action any time they have priority
and the stack is empty during a main phase of their turn. See rule 305, “Lands.”