Sorry folks, that I didn't report back on this.
Problem solved, actually true bug found. The error in recording a Transform in an action depends on the Preferences setting for Rulers. If the Rulers are set to "Percent" then the Transform will record with bogus width and height values. Any other setting for Rulers (Pixels, Inches, Picas, etc) will allow the Transform to record properly.
I was able to test on two other Win7 machines belonging to friends. The problem was repeated on both. Don't have local access to a MAC.
The problem is only in Photoshop CC 2014. Can't reproduce it in any prior version on either machine. I welcome others testing, but I've reproduced it on 3 Win7 machines now.