Can i use smartphone tethering instead of USB wireless inthernet lan card in Linux?

I am a Newbe in Linux. I will thank you for any account and i wll be really appreciated ---------- Explain my situation ---------- I use inthernet in laptop. And When i connect inthernet, i use device that smartphone. The smartphone is connected laptop used USB. Smartphone be activated 'USB tethering' ---------- So ---------- When i command ' sudo ifconfig -a ' I can show 3 list. first is eth0 : blah blah second is lo : blah third is usb0 ---------- Question ---------- So if i use smartphone tethering [ smartphone - usb - labtop ] instead of USB wireless inthernet lan card, can't see wlan0 at third line ?