Only "Global tokens" get tokenized in tokenized email triggered

Many people seem to have issues with Tokenized emails. I am trying to set a tokenized email triggered by user registration or profile change, and the tokens are not expanded or tokenized. I created a test email with all the available tokens, and only one group of Tokens work: the "Global tokens".
Here is the list of those that work:
Global tokens
[random-sha1] A randomly generated SHA1 hash.
[site-date-timestamp] The current timestamp in seconds past January 1, 1970.
[random-num-1] A randomly generated single-digit number.
[random-num-3] A randomly generated three-digit number.
[random-num-10] A randomly generated ten-digit number.
[random-alpha-1] Randomly generated single-digit letter.
[random-alpha-3] Randomly generated three-digit letters.
[random-alpha-10] Randomly generated ten-digit letters.
[site-login] A link to the site login page.
[site-logo] The URL for the site logo.
[store-name] The Ubercart store name.
[store-url] The Ubercart store URL.
[store-link] A link to the Ubercart store using the store name.
[store-owner] The Ubercart store owner.
[store-email] The Ubercart store e-mail address.
[store-phone] The Ubercart store phone number.
[store-address] The Ubercart store mailing address.
[store-help-url] The URL to the store help page.
[user-name] The name of the currently logged in user.
[user-id] The user ID of the currently logged in user.
[user-mail] The email address of the currently logged in user.
[site-url] The url of the current Drupal website.
[site-name] The name of the current Drupal website.
[site-slogan] The slogan of the current Drupal website.
[site-mission] The mission of the current Drupal website.
[site-mail] The contact email address for the current Drupal website.
[site-date] The current date on the site's server.
[site-date-yyyy] The current year (four digit)
[site-date-yy] The current year (two digit)
[site-date-month] The current month (full word)
[site-date-mon] The current month (abbreviated)
[site-date-mm] The current month (two digit, zero padded)
[site-date-m] The current month (one or two digit)
[site-date-ww] The current week (two digit)
[site-date-date] The current date (day of month)
[site-date-day] The current day (full word)
[site-date-ddd] The current day of week (abbreviation)
[site-date-dd] The current day (two digit, zero-padded)
[site-date-d] The current day (one or two digit)
[page-number] The current page number for paged lists

Unfortunately, there are many others that would be more useful.
Is that a bug or a design limitation?

Thanks