Uploading photos from Mac to pixel 3 and have them appear in albums

I like to use my phone as a photo album. I have the photos on my Mac organised in folders. I used a file transfer on the Mac to the pixel and now have then in folders/albums under "photos on device", but I would like them under albums so the places, people indexing works. I haven't stored them on the cloud nor do I want to. I have over 1,000 24 mpix photos. Or does the indexing only work on the cloud?
Any help appreciated

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