How to add an IDispatch COM object from C++ app in embedded (PyWin32) Python that is created in the c++ code as a named object in Python and use it

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I am able to use embedded Python in my MSVS Windows C++ app and it works well. I can create com objects and use them like this:

    import win32com.client as win32
    Dialogs = win32.Dispatch('DialogControls.Dialogs')
    Dialogs.Message(0, "Hello from C++ object")`

I have many objects that are created inside the C++ app and I want to access them and also their event handlers also in Python. Previously I used VBScript and I was able to do this with AddObjectEx but in Python I have no success. I tried something like this but it doesn’t work. pComObject is NULL.

void PythonEng::PassComObjectToPython(const CString& ObjName, IDispatch* pMyComObject) {
    Py_Initialize();
    PyObject* pModule = PyImport_ImportModule("win32com.client");
    if (pModule) {
        PyObject* pDict = PyModule_GetDict(pModule);
        PyObject* pDispatch = PyDict_GetItemString(pDict, "Dispatch");
        if (pDispatch && PyCallable_Check(pDispatch)) {
            PyObject* pArgs = PyTuple_Pack(1, PyLong_FromVoidPtr(pMyComObject));
            PyObject* pComObject = PyObject_CallObject(pDispatch, pArgs);
            Py_DECREF(pArgs);
            if (pComObject) {
                PyObject* pGlobals = PyDict_New();
                CT2CA pszConvertedAnsiString(ObjName);
                std::string strObjName(pszConvertedAnsiString);
                PyDict_SetItemString(pGlobals, strObjName.c_str(), pComObject);
                Py_DECREF(pComObject);
                // Now you can execute Python code that uses my_com_object
                PyRun_String("MyGen.Idle(10)", Py_file_input, pGlobals, pGlobals);
                Py_DECREF(pGlobals);
            }
        }
        Py_DECREF(pModule);
    }
    Py_Finalize();
}

I tried to add my com object with the above code and use it from embedded Python.