How can I count the number of cases in recursive functions?

def calcPath(trace_map, x, y):
    n = len(trace_map)
    count = 0
    if x > n - 1 or y > n - 1:
        pass
    elif x < n and y < n:
        if x + trace_map[x][y] == (n - 1) and y == (n - 1):
            count += 1
        elif x == (n - 1) and y + trace_map[x][y] == (n - 1):
            count += 1
        else:
            calcPath(trace_map, x + trace_map[x][y], y)
            calcPath(trace_map, x, y + trace_map[x][y])
    return count


if __name__ == "__main__":
    trace_map = [
        [1, 2, 9, 4, 9],
        [9, 9, 9, 9, 9],
        [9, 3, 9, 9, 2],
        [9, 9, 9, 9, 9],
        [9, 9, 9, 1, 0],
    ]
    print(calcPath(trace_map, 0, 0))

    trace_map = [[1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 2], [1, 2, 0]]
    print(calcPath(trace_map, 0, 0))

I want to count the existing routes of the given maze. (anyway, the problem itself is not that important) Problem is, I tried to count the number of cases that fit the conditions within the recursive functions.

These are two conditions that have to be counted.

if x + trace_map[x][y] == (n - 1) and y == (n - 1):
if x == (n - 1) and y + trace_map[x][y] == (n - 1):

I tried counting the conditions like this

count = 0 
if condition = True: 
count +=1

But since I'm using recursive functions, if I declare count = 0 in the function, the count value stays 0.

Shortly, I just want to keep the counter unaffected by the recursive function.