He'd lived in the UK for 15 years when the song came out. The terms you use, among other things, tend to change when you've been surrounded by people who use those terms for a long enough time.
He was also raised in a boarding school in India, where, at one point, Great Britain had influence, before moving to the UK, which was probably where he learned his English, if he hadn't already learned it from his parents.
Since he was born in 1946, and Great Britain still used Fahrenheit up until 1962, it's fair to say he was probably taught and raised to use Fahrenheit, not Celsius.
TL;DR: Even if he wasn't from the UK, it's very likely that he was taught to use Fahrenheit in India in the boarding school.
Edit: And when OP says Freddie Mercury was from the UK, while that is wrong, he means he lived in the UK for the majority of his life and that is where most "uneducated" non-Queen fans believe he is from.
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tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time
i feel alive
and the world turning inside out
yeah
floating in around in ecstasy
so don't stop me now
don't stop me now
'cause i'm having a good time
having a good time
i'm a shooting star leaping through the sky
like a tiger
defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car passing by
like lady godiva
I'm gonna go go go
there's no stoppin me
I'm burning through the sky yeah
200 degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit
I'm travelling at the speed of light
I wanna make a
supersonic man out of you
Don't stop me now
I'm having such a good time
I’m having a ball
Don’t stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
just give me a call
Don’t stop me now
Cause I'm havin a good time
Don’t stop me now.
Yes I'm havin a good time
I don’t want to stop at all
I’m a rocketship on my way to Mars
on a collision course
I am a satellite
I’m out of control
I’m a sex machine ready to reload like an atom bomb
About to oh oh oh
oh oh explode
I'm burning through the sky yeah
200 degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit
I'm travelling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic woman of you
Don't stop me
Don't stop me
Don't stop me
hey hey hey
Dont' stop me
Don't stop me
Ooh Ooh Ooh
I like it
Don't stop me
Don't stop me
Havin a good time
good time
Don't stop me
Dont' stop me
Guitar solo
Oh I'm burning through the sky yeah
200
degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit
I'm travelling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you
Don't stop me now
I'm having such a good time
I’m having a ball
Don’t stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
just give me a call
Don’t stop me now
Cause I'm havin a good time
Don’t stop me now.
Yes I'm havin a good time
I don’t want to stop at all
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tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time i feel alive and the world turning inside out yeah floating in around in ecstasy so don't stop me now don't stop me now 'cause i'm having a good time having a good time i'm a shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger defying the laws of gravity I'm a racing car passing by like lady godiva I'm gonna go go go there's no stoppin me I'm burning through the sky yeah 200 degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit I'm travelling at the speed of light I wanna make a supersonic man out of you Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time I’m having a ball Don’t stop me now If you wanna have a good time just give me a call Don’t stop me now Cause I'm havin a good time Don’t stop me now. Yes I'm havin a good time I don’t want to stop at all I’m a rocketship on my way to Mars on a collision course I am a satellite I’m out of control I’m a sex machine ready to reload like an atom bomb About to oh oh oh oh oh explode I'm burning through the sky yeah 200 degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit I'm travelling at the speed of light I wanna make a supersonic woman of you Don't stop me Don't stop me Don't stop me hey hey hey Dont' stop me Don't stop me Ooh Ooh Ooh I like it Don't stop me Don't stop me Havin a good time good time Don't stop me Dont' stop me Guitar solo Oh I'm burning through the sky yeah 200 degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit I'm travelling at the speed of light I wanna make a supersonic man out of you Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time I’m having a ball Don’t stop me now If you wanna have a good time just give me a call Don’t stop me now Cause I'm havin a good time Don’t stop me now. Yes I'm havin a good time I don’t want to stop at all
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