Different stuff, I think. You have HDPE, polybutylene, PERT or similar plastic pipe. AIUI the flexipipe the OP refers to is the thing with a plastic inner and a braided metal outer with BSP threads on the ends, a bit like a shower hose.
The point of UFH pipe is it's buried as one continuous loop with no joins below ground, so it's less likely to leak than something with fittings.
Theo