no it doesn’t!
It must be in arabic and with the perfect pronunciation of “Ain”, “ha”, “Ha”, “Kha”, “Qaf”, “Suaad”.
Go learn it all. 
i have seen many ladies pray for their husbands when they are leaving, especially for work. i never see any husband doing the same for their wives.
so wives are more worried about their husbands "salamti", and husbands are not?
Maybe wives are more worried about sustainable future cash inflows from the source?
It certainly counts only if you add Allah in between. There is a difference between hope are prayers.