The Conservative party leader and his shadow foreign secretary were filmed by a BBC team criticising the legitimacy of the country's recent presidential elections in a frank conversation prior to an interview.
While the Lib Dems agree with the Tory position on the elections and have voiced similar doubts, the party has questioned the supposed leak.
Foreign affairs spokesman Edward Davey said the exchange between the two men looked 'less like the West Wing and more like The Office'.
'Given that one of the major criticisms of David Cameron is the suggestion that he's a fake, pushing foreign policy positions through staged leaks does not do this serious issue justice,' he said.
Mr Hague has since clarified the party's position on the Afghan elections ahead of a larger-scale announcement expected in the next day or two.
'It is very important for the success of what our troops are doing in Afghanistan that the Afghan people accept the legitimacy of the government,' he said.
The shadow foreign secretary was speaking a day after the electoral complaints commission in Afghanistan ordered a partial recount into the elections amid widespread allegations of fraud and corruption.
The situation was thrown into confusion when the independent election commission said incumbent president Hamid Karzai had won the 50 per cent of votes required for re-election.
'It is vital that the electoral complaints commission completes its work and that President Karzai does not declare victory before that work is done, even if it means delaying the provisional result of the election,' Mr Hague added.
The UK government has gone on the defensive over the disquiet, insisting despite the reports of corruption the eventual winner would still be the legitimately-elected president of Afghanistan.
'We always knew there would be fraud in this election, a lot of irregularities,' UK ambassador Mark Sedwill told the Today programme. 'That was inevitable.'
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