Participant status is not being passed to message template for online event registration

The message template for online event registration (Events - Registration Confirmation and Receipt (on-line)) has conditional logic for displaying the participant status (see below) based on the variable $participant_status being assigned to the template. This is NOT happening in 4.4 (although the $participant_status_id IS being assigned).

Please add the $participant_status variable back to the variables being assigned to the message template (as it is a hassle / less desirable to fix the message template content). Not sure if this change needs to happen in CRM_Event_Form_Registration_Confirm::postProcess or CRM_Event_BAO_Event::sendMail ??

==== message template conditional =====

Thank you for your participation. This letter is a confirmation that your registration has been received and your status has been updated to

{if $participant_status}

$participant_status

{else}{if $isOnWaitlist}waitlisted{else}

registered

{/if}

for the following:

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— Original Issue Description ----------
The email received says

"Thank you for your participation. This letter is a confirmation that your registration has been received and your status has been updated to registered for the following:" despite the fact the registration is 'Pending - pay later' (or potentially pending payment failed but I'm not sure if that could be reached)

This misleads people into thinking they are registered when they are not & it is difficult to customise as there is no way for civi admins to know what token to use ($event.participant_status doesn't work)