If the seat in front of the exit is far enough in front of the exit that it can be fully reclined without blocking the exit, would FAA policy allow it to recline? If so, would it be better to give the exit row seat a bit extra seat pitch, taking a fraction of an inch from the rest of the front seats (which would still have plenty of seat pitch)? Then there would be no "bad" seats that don't recline.
The 3 seats are all bolted together, so setting them up in a misaligned manner probably won't work too well.