Yes, it is the result of a mathematical process humans have named counting . Lots of animals can count . Knowing that one quantity is “more” than another quantity is a rudimentary form of counting. No numbers, just cognition of a mathematical truth that one quantity is more than another “lesser” quatity. Fundamentally that is all mathematics is . Humans just like to play with numbers.
Ask if the mathematics of aerodynamical laws of lift do not apply to birds, just because humans “invented” (copied) the aeroplane?