To clean up all the mess going on here an element is composed of a single nucleus composed of protons, neutrons held together by quarks. The NEW elements are indeed elements not molecules (made of many elements) because they have one nucleus. The short life is one down fall to their evidence of existance because we as humans like things we can use but you could confuse the short lives with isotopes that naturally degrade due to the instability of the bulk.
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