Usually the TV itself will tell you what mode it is running in. I don't have a TCL so I don't know how it does it. Bring up the info banner or the system menu somehow and see what you get
BTW unless you have your TV running in HDR at all time, it should be somewhat obvious when hdr has kicked in
I have the same TV, so here are my thoughts on it.
Your TV is not even capable of high brightness to differentiate HDR and SDR.