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I tend to mistake a South African accent for an Australian one.

I tend to mistake that a South African accent is an Australian one.

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I tend to mistake a South African accent for an Australian one.

I tend to mistake that a South African accent is an Australian one.

The verb "mistake" idiomatically takes the preposition "for" for the wrong interpretation: "to mistake A for B." The verb "mistake" never takes a "that"-clause.

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