Must AUTH_USER_MODEL be in "models.py"?

I like to split my models up into separate files, but it seems that the new customizable user model requires that it is defined directly in a "models.py" file. 

A condensed version of my project structure and code:

manage.py

project/

   app1/

      models.py "from _models import *"

      _models/

        __init__.py "from .model1 import MyUser"

        model1.py

    settings.py

model1.py:

class MyUser(AbstractBaseUser): 

    <some code>

settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = ('project.app1', )

AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'app1.MyUser'

The above gives me:

auth.user: Model has been swapped out for 'app1.MyUser' which has not been installed or is abstract.

If I move the definition of MyUser into app1/models.py then it works. 

Am I missing something, or is this a bug?

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