Cannot see new SQL tables in Django online interface on PythonAnywhere - mysql

Question

As part of hosting my website I have an SQL server on pythonanywhere.com with some data collected from my website. I need to aggregate some of the information into a new table stored in the same database. If I use the code below I can create a new table as observed by the SHOW TABLES query. However, I cannot see that table in the Django online interface provided alongside the SQL server.
Why is that the case? How can I make the new visible on the Django interface so I can browse the content and modify it?
from __future__ import print_function
from mysql.connector import connect as sql_connect
import sshtunnel
from sshtunnel import SSHTunnelForwarder
from copy import deepcopy
sshtunnel.SSH_TIMEOUT = 5.0
sshtunnel.TUNNEL_TIMEOUT = 5.0
def try_query(query):
try:
cursor.execute(query)
connection.commit()
except Exception:
connection.rollback()
raise
if __name__ == '__main__':
remote_bind_address = ('{}.mysql.pythonanywhere-services.com'.format(SSH_USERNAME), 3306)
tunnel = SSHTunnelForwarder(('ssh.pythonanywhere.com'),
ssh_username=SSH_USERNAME, ssh_password=SSH_PASSWORD,
remote_bind_address=remote_bind_address)
tunnel.start()
connection = sql_connect(user=SSH_USERNAME, password=DATABASE_PASSWORD,
host='127.0.0.1', port=tunnel.local_bind_port,
database=DATABASE_NAME)
print("Connection successful!")
cursor = connection.cursor() # get the cursor
cursor.execute("USE {}".format(DATABASE_NAME)) # select the database
cursor.execute("SHOW TABLES")
prev_tables = deepcopy(cursor.fetchall())
try_query("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS TestTable(TestName VARCHAR(255) PRIMARY KEY, SupplInfo VARCHAR(255))")
print("Created table.")
cursor.execute("SHOW TABLES")
new_tables = deepcopy(cursor.fetchall())