Hello,
The C3 register that contains the 9 bit is contiguous to the data register, so you could set the DMA transmission for two bytes width and filter the C3 register to only take the R8 or T8 bit depending on if you are receiving or transmitting. With this bit you can know which serial output is working.
I will suggest checking how the LPUART_ReceiveEDMA/LPUART_TransmitEDMA configure the DMA and modify the byte width and change the Date address for the C3 address.
Regards