Ignore folders for ecommerce program

[RDC]

I have a processwire implementation that is in the root and I've added 2 Opencart ecommerce packages to the subfolders 'shop' and 'test'

I would like to use Opencarts redirect in those 2 folders so I can use nice (and SEO friendly) URLs but via Opencart not Processwire.

I have added the 2 lines into the .htaccess file in the root just above RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?it=$1 [L,QSA]

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/shop/.*$
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/test/.*$
 

But when ever I turn on the feature in Opencart and it wants to go to:

https://www.obs.ie/shop/refuse_bins

I get a page not found page from Processwire

Is this maybe something to do with https ???

Thanks for the help

Robert