 Two generators for elliptic curves over finite fields

For an elliptic curve over a finite field of characteristic $p$, its rational-point group is finite and abelian. Prime-to-characteristic geometric torsion bounds every other prime-torsion dimension by two. Multiplication by $p$ has degree $p^2$ and inseparable degree at least $p$, so the $p$-torsion dimension is at most one. The structure theorem for finite abelian groups therefore gives two cyclic factors with $m\mid n$ and $p\nmid m$.