ufw - how can i add custom rules in iptables-save syntax correctly?

So when i do

iptables -A ufw-user-forward -s 172.0.0.0/8 -d 10.0.0.0/24 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A ufw-user-forward -s 172.0.0.0/8 -d 10.0.0.0/24 -j DROP

one by one in terminal, it works but when i add it to after.rules like so:

*filter
-A ufw-user-forward -s 172.0.0.0/8 -d 10.0.0.0/24 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A ufw-user-forward -s 172.0.0.0/8 -d 10.0.0.0/24 -j DROP
COMMIT

it doesnt

I already tried starting the rule including chain like so:

*filter
:ufw-user-forward - [0:0]
....

but no luck, any idea on how can i get this to work? i dont think those rules are added to iptables at all either when i add them to after.rules file