Yes, you can generate the deep link to the static tab. Try the url for deep linking to a static tab https://teams.microsoft.com/l/entity/28:" + BotId + "/" + TabEntityID + "?conversationType=chat; where BotId is the regeistered botId and TabEntityID is the entityId you have given in the manifest file.
This isn’t actually “public” knowledge. We really don’t have a problem with people currently using it, but we have plans to possibly change it so we don’t want it to be TOO wide spread.