For the time being you can also make a note in your description that the theme supports WP 2 .9+
I have done that, but I still find it pretty sad, Envato takes this long just to change something like that, and they ignore my requests to have it added. Not even a “We are working on it.”
Hey ATLChris,
No one is ignoring your request, or had any intention to do so. Everyone here is very busy and has plenty to do. In addition, I believe there was just recently a code freeze for the marketplaces, meaning any updates to the code base will take a bit of waiting. 
If you had a ticket that was never responded to, let me know the ticket ID and I can look into it more. Thanks for your patience 
CreatingDrew is an Envato staff member