I am currently using Office 2013 and Lync 2013 at work.
Lync and Outlook seem to be partially synced up.
Within Outlook, the Lync status appears within the inbox while looking at a message (at the top and bottom of the email in the preview pane)
However, when I create a new email to send and enter the recipient(s), the Lync status doesn't show.
Oddly...it does show a gap in front of the name where the status would be but it is blank
Also (though not pictured here), at the bottom of the new email where it also displays the contact...itdoes show the status.