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You need to use a screenmode that has (roughly) square pixels. If you're using a 15kHz display, that means either low resolution (320x256) or interlaced (640x512). A 15kHz video signal simply doesn't have the bandwidth to include 512 lines of the display in a single frame, so the default Workbench screenmode is 640x256, resulting in tall, narrow pixels.
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OK, I'm getting my head around it, and I do understand now WHY it is the way it is, given all the quirks of displays and TVs in the 80s and 90s. More complicated, the more you read about it!
So I guess it should be all square pixels for Workbench from now on then, seeing as its the 21st century - no more doubling up to make a squished thing look square.
So long as you can find the right ScreenMode and display combo...