Я сам реализовал это:
def dump_lua(data):
if type(data) is str:
return f'"{re.escape(data)}"'
if type(data) in (int, float):
return f'{data}'
if type(data) is bool:
return data and "true" or "false"
if type(data) is list:
l = "{"
l += ", ".join([dump_lua(item) for item in data])
l += "}"
return l
if type(data) is dict:
t = "{"
t += ", ".join([f'[\"{re.escape(k)}\"]={dump_lua(v)}'
for k,v in data.items()])
t += "}"
return t
logging.error(f"Unknown type {type(data)}")