In my fanfics it takes in no spefic country but on the borderlines of South Africa, Botswanna and Zimbabwe. As for the jungle in the movie, it's a jungle that is not on any maps. I just can't see a meerkat (an animal from the southern part of Africa) being able to travel thousands of miles from the Kalahari desert to Zaire or Kenya on foot. I can't see a lion doing the same either. I know lots of people say it's Kenya. It could very well be (i'm very bad for changing locations and timelines of movies... But then in Lion King there is no pre exhisting timeline or location.)