no, it won't recover, then. gotta have at least one leaf to photosynthesize.
i've noticed that a lot of seeds i've gotten from breeders tend to have very tough seed coats (the skin under the shell or endocarp)
i think this is because they dry them out and refrigerate them, which is necessary for their process, but in nature that seed would lay on the ground alternately getting wet and dry, with temperature fluctuations. i think that helps to break the shells and the seed coats down a little. i've had to pry off shell halves from several seeds, and on a few, peel the seed coat off so the cotyledons can open up.
many people will tell you leave it alone, if its strong it'll survive. i'll tell you, check it out, if you decide to do anything, be very careful, its easy to damage them with just a little too much pressure