SELECT 
  COUNT(*) 
FROM 
  cscart_countries 
WHERE 
  code = 'JP' 
  AND status = 'A'

Query time 0.00020

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "table": {
      "table_name": "cscart_countries",
      "access_type": "const",
      "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY", "status"],
      "key": "PRIMARY",
      "key_length": "6",
      "used_key_parts": ["code"],
      "ref": ["const"],
      "rows": 1,
      "filtered": 100
    }
  }
}