Keep in mind revenue recognition and create accounting are two different steps.
Revenue recognition produces distribution lines based on which Create Accounting will generate accounting and will transfer them to GL.

Keep in mind that nothing can be transferred to GL unless the GL period is open or future entrable.

Having said that, lets talk about revenue recognition only.

Revenue Recognition expects to see period statuses in the following order:
Closed - Closed Pending - Open - Not Opened - Future.

Periods in the past are Closed or Closed Pending. Current periods are Open
Future periods are Not Opened or Future.
The presence of an Open period sandwiched between Closed periods, or the presence of islands of Closed periods surrounded by Open periods causes errors in Revenue Recognition.

When you run online create accounting, revenue recognition is called as well behind the scenes. You should be able to see Distribution lines generated if the necessary period exists in the calendar.

Revenue recognition will not be work for Closed and Closed Pending periods. For all other periods it should work as long as the period exists. (Again, this is true for revenue recognition only. Create Accounting and Transfer to GL is another story as mentioned above).

After calling online accounting simply requery the transaction and you should see Distribution lines for all periods.

In order to see if accounting is generated or not go to Tools->View Accounting. This will help you trouble shoot the issue.