If a wizard or priest were to raise someone as a zombie and force him to worship a deity, would it count toward the number of creatures giving praise to that deity and make the god more powerful? Would this work even though the god can't claim the person's soul after he perishes (er, again)?

I think it would need to be some form of sentient undead to make any difference at all, but I'm not certain.

(Zombies aren't sentient)