Thank you,
When you go to add a mod to a weapon, if you have that mod in your inventory, it will simply equip that instead of creating a new one. You'll know this has happened because instead of getting a pop-up showing what components are being pulled from what items, the mod will just automatically equip; there will be no pop-up. This happens automatically; there's no need to do anything other than have the mod in your inventory when accessing the Weapon Bench.