Tested on Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920W8), Android 6.0.1
I could not drown any mob (other than blaze, magma cube which are hurt by water).
I tested trapping mobs in water under blocks, trapping them inside a tower of flowing water and spawning mobs deep under water so they should die before floating to the surface. In none of these scenarios did the mobs die. I tested sheep, pigs, chicken, spiders, zombie pigmen and ghasts in a mix of creative and survival single player.
Squid spawned on land die as expected.
Behavior also occurs in iOS version, 0.16.0.