Strange because I’m using a very similar drive (an 16GB optane memory) and it does works out of the box. 
You can see the neofetch of this post: Arch Linux ARM bootable using latest BSP
I literally booted from that drive with an OS that is not even officially supported, and that was 3 months ago.
I really don’t know what is the problem with yours that causing the nvme driver not recognizing it as a drive.
Mine has a model number of MEMPEK1J016GA, which has a label that appears to be a retail drive. (It’s the M10 optane drive). Yours appears to be an OEM drive. But there should not be much difference unless the OEM firmware is working weirdly.