Hello mikenn,
I think yes, you can add logical XOR gate , together with SCTIMER to make a quadrature encoder.
There is an application using PLU and SCTIEMR , you can have a look at the theory, replace PLU with XOR gate.
Sorry it is in Chinese, no English version, try translate it into English.
https://www.nxpic.org.cn/module/forum/thread-622747-1-1.html
BR
Alice