whether you can swap one with the other depends on the “connector”.
Modern laptops have M.2 connector/form factor based wifi adapters. It should be (in theory) be possible to easily replace one with another.
however i have no experience in this.
you might try opening the laptop chassis, and take a look at the form factor of the wifi adapter and compare with picture of the other one that you plan to use.

I am running Mint. I hated the Gnome Desktop Pop uses. I will try a live disk. I have about 8 different OS’s on them.
Thanks. Are they interchangeable (the same size shape and connections) so if I changed out the AC 9462 for the AX 201 it would fit properly? I can buy either reasonably priced from amazon.

Intel Wireless-AC 9462 supports 802.11ac (upto Wifi5)
Intel WiFi 6 AX 201 supports 802.11ax (upto Wifi6)

Check official intel docs for both.

What linux distro are you actually using ? Try running a live instance of the latest Ubuntu which should have the most uptodate drivers.
In my experience the latest version of Ubuntu 22.10 works well with Intel WiFi 6 AX 201 and recognises it correctly.

If the latest ubuntu still shows intel AC 9462, then its probably correct.

make sure to confirm with “lshw -C network” command for accurate model name detection