The survey of cluster models used for the description of the properties of nuclei was carried out. The interaction of intermediate protons with various odd and even nuclei is reviewed. The influence of the clusterization effects on the behavior of the elastic and inelastic scattering observables are demonstrated by using multiple diffraction scattering theory (MDST) and the α-cluster model with dispersion. The comparison of the calculations, based on two-and four-nucleon correlation models, have been performed. The elastic scattering of light nuclei from α-cluster nuclei is analyzed. The results given in this review suggest that the MDST variants based on cluster models seem to be rather attractive as compared with those based on the single-nucleon approximation. Such approaches, considering nucleon and light-nuclei scattering on α-clusters, are among the best examples of using Glauber's MDST, since they automatically include the internal nucleon-nucleon correlations both in the incident and target nuclei. Besides, α-clusters have zero spin and, in this case, the scattering amplitude does not involve explicit consideration of spin-spin effects. Moreover, these models often permit an accurate analytical calculation of the MDST series.