Na verdade, seguindo RFC 7208, seção 3.1. , você deve estar usando apenas o registro do tipo TXT:
SPF records MUST be published as a DNS TXT (type 16) Resource Record (RR) [RFC1035] only. The character content of the record is encoded as [US-ASCII]. Use of alternative DNS RR types was supported in SPF's experimental phase but has been discontinued.
O tipo SPF RR foi preterido pelo grupo de trabalho SPF em abril de 2014. O raciocínio para isso também pode ser encontrado em RFC 7208, seção 3.1. , que torna obsoleto o antigo RFC 4408 :
In 2003, when SPF was first being developed, the requirements for assignment of a new DNS RR type were considerably more stringent than they are now. Additionally, support for easy deployment of new DNS RR types was not widely deployed in DNS servers and provisioning systems. As a result, developers of SPF found it easier and more practical to use the TXT RR type for SPF records.