What is the role of $\gcd(n,|G|) = 1$ in the following question?

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Let $G$ be a finite Abelian group and let $n \in \Bbb Z^+$ that is relatively prime to $|G|$. Show that $a \rightarrow a^n$ is automorphism.

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All the answers for proving one-one make use of the fact $\gcd(n,|G|) = 1$. Can we not simply take log and solve this:

$$\begin{align} n \log a = n \log b &\implies \log a = \log b \\ &\implies a = b? \end{align}$$

What is the purpose of $\gcd(n,|G|) = 1$?

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The logarithm is a function from real numbers to real numbers. You can't just feed it elements of some arbitrary group without doing some work to try to define what it means first.