The 19-year-old central defender will spend the remainder of the 2022/23 campaign on loan with the League One side who are currently in fifth place in the table.
Mbete made six appearances for the Terriers and now switches to the Lancashire club aiming to help their push for promotion back to the Championship.
The England Under-21 international made his senior debut in City’s 6-1 Carabao Cup third-round victory over Wycombe Wanderers in September 2021.
He then followed that up with his maiden FA Cup appearance when coming off the bench in our 4-1 third round victory at Swindon Town in January 2022.
Mbete, who joined the Club at Under-12 level, also went onto make his Champions League bow in our 5-0 last 16 first leg victory away to Sporting of Portugal in February of last year.
Luke will now continue his development at Bolton and everyone at City wishes him the best of luck for the rest of the season.