Minecraft states I am not connected to PSN when I am and I can't see multiplayer worlds

When I open Minecraft and try to join one of my friend's worlds, the game says that I am not connected to Playstation Network and that I need to connect to PSN to join multiplayer games. Problem is, I am connected. I am literally in a chat party with my friends connected to the internet and PSN, yet the game says I am not. This has happened recently and I have never had this issue before. It is not a connectivity issue. I have restarted the system, deleted/re-downloaded Minecraft, renewed licenses. to no avail. I have also seen other people encountering the same issue. I saw another ticket someone had describing this exact issue, but it was deemed a "duplicate" of another issue and was "resolved". Upon viewing the ticket it was linked to, there was no solution to be found.