The species name mossambicus stands for the country the type series was collected in, Mozambique.

[1] The Mozambique long-fingered bat's distribution is in Africa within countries such as Kenya, Namibia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and other countries in East Africa at elevations of 420 to 1800 meters.

[2][3] The holotype was collected in a mist net that was placed over a swimming pool at the Bamboo Inn, on the outskirts of Nampula, at an altitude of 420 meters.

A paratype was also caught shortly afterwards in the same mist net settup.

[1] The species is nocturnal and uses caves and mines during the day as roosts.