"We're thrilled to inform you your application has been successful and you're now the Guinness World Record holder.
"You'll shortly get a Guinness World Record certificate in the post."
Mr Taylor hoped one day his name would feature in the annual book he remembered looking at as a child.
He is looking forward to the framed certificate taking pride of place in his office.
Despite the six-month delay, he was surprised the acknowledgment had come through so soon.
Applying for the record took two months of collating evidence, including written affidavits from all the witnesses, an edited video featuring two minutes of every hour of the record, accurate maps as well as a Google Earth file recording his tracker's path.
That was followed by fortnightly emails from Guinness World Records requesting clarification on evidence or more information.
"You see Guinness World Records in your inbox and you kind of panic," he laughed.
A week ago he was told they had all the information they needed and it would take three months to process the record, so it was much to his surprise that it was all over in a week.
He sent a text around his friends, family and sponsors to let them know but he said the real celebrations were done back in April.
The world record-holder has already turned his sights to the next challenge - recently swapping his sea kayak for a K1 racing kayak and hoping to one day make the New Zealand team.