How to get MQTT-devices to show up in new Entity Registry -editor

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Hi all,
I have Tasmota-flashed Sonoff -devices as part of my Home-assistant, but the new Entity Registry does not show any of these devices, thus I can’t assign them to rooms.

The MQTT shows up in Integrations, but only refers to configuration.yaml, clicking the entry reveals that the integration has no devices (even though it has several).

What do I need to do to make them show up?

As a side note, can I use the HA rooms to assign devices into Google Home? I need to re-pair GH every 30 days to allow re-discovery of devices due to Google’s weirdness, and have to reassign rooms every time, which is frankly annoying.

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I simply added a unique_id prop to my config like:

cover:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: Garage Door
    state_topic: "garage/door"
    command_topic: "garage/button"
    payload_open: "OPEN"
    payload_close: "OPEN"
    payload_stop: "OPEN"
    state_open: "OPENED"
    state_closed: "CLOSED"
    optimistic: false
    retain: false
    value_template: '{{ value }}'
    unique_id: 'mac address of esp8266'

to get my ESP8266 device to show up in the entity registry. I think in order to see devices on the MQTT integrations screen, you have to use MQTT discovery.