I think that the level of basketball has some bearing on this. I'm actually a coach, and at the HS level, I would have absolutely no problem with a technical in this situation, every time. At the grade school level, though, the point of the leagues and tournaments are to teach the game and have fun, a lot of times with parents as volunteers as both coaches and scorekeepers. In that case, even w/o rules backup, I can see an official saying right away that they were out of TOs, and start the game back up. I know there is no mechanic or rule/casebook play to back that up, but I could see it being the best way to handle it at younger levels.
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I coached for several years @ the varsity level. I NEVER, NEVER relied on the table for any info, (fouls, time outs, opposing teams fouls or time outs.) My assistants only job during the game was to make sure our book was as accurate if not better then the tables. So when I wanted info I could get it right away and I knew it was reliable.
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While it is commendable to keep track of these things on your own, the official book is the official book. It doesn't matter if your asst. coach was more accurate, if there is a dispute about these things the official book takes precedence. So I am not sure how this could effectively prevent problems where the official book has incorrect information on fouls, TOs, etc.