Mbasela scored a goal when Zambia beat Egypt 2-1 in a friendly at Nkana stadium on 20 December 1988 and the following year featured prominently in the 1990 World Cup qualifiers. He was not part of Zambia’s bronze medal winning squad at CAN 1990 in Algeria but he featured in all of Zambia’s games after that, and was part of the victorious 1991 CECAFA squad.