Yes, JCorrelate expects JTL Recording Log in an XML format. Below is a sample log that was exported from JMeter.

Please configure the View Results Tree element in JMeter to get JTL Recording Log in the expected XML format. Below is the configuration for your reference.

Note : JCorrelate accepts JTL Recording Log in other formats as well. However, it will identify the correlation parameters only if the recording log is in XML format.