docs(backport): Add NumFOCUS Affiliated Project to README

[matthewfeickert]

Description

• Backport PR docs: Add NumFOCUS Affiliated Project to README #2179
• pyhf became a NumFOCUS Affiliated Project on 2022-12-19.
  • c.f. https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects/affiliated-projects
• Add mention of being a NumFOCUS Affiliated Project to the Acknowledgements section.

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* Backport PR https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/pull/2179
* pyhf became a NumFOCUS Affiliated Project on 2022-12-19.
   - c.f. https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects/affiliated-projects
* Add mention of being a NumFOCUS Affiliated Project to the Acknowledgements
  section.

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