Brazil acknowledged the independence of Togo in 1960 and two years later the two nations formed diplomatic ties - Brazil and togo signed the basic agreement on technical and scientific cooperation in 1972 and continue to utilize its terms up until today.

the embassy of Brazil opened in lome in 1978 alongside the opening of the togo embassy in brasil's capital Brasília - the 1990s were a time of intense political instability in togo, which weakened the relations between the two countries, and eventually, due to budget reasons, the brazilian embassy in lome closed in 1997 and reopened in 2005.