Expanding along the first row, we get
Δ = cosα cosβ(cosβ cosα – 0) – cosα sinβ(–sinβ cosα) – sinα(–sinα sin2β – sinα cos2β)
= cos2α cos2β + cos2α sin2β + sin2α sin2β+ sin2α cos2β
= cos2α(cos2β + sin2β) + sin2α(sin2β + cos2β)
= cos2α· 1 + sin2α· 1 = 1