Here's a follow up.
In a rare moment of clarity, the proverbial light came on while I was re-reading the relevant part of the HAWK-800 manual... Specifically, the "Hardware Controller Friendly" section. There are ten knobs on the Photon, so I assigned knob 1 to CC#22, 2 to #23, 3 to #24 etc. It makes sense now. Knob 1 selects the parameter group, then the remaining knobs give control over the up to eight parameters in selected group. After setting it up successfully and noodling around for a while I thought it felt somehow familiar. Hmmmm. Waldorf! In essence, this method sets up a sort of editing matrix almost like what you find on their rackmounted synths such as the Microwave, Micro Q, or tabletops like the Blofeld and so on (I'm sure there are other synths made by other manufacturers that utilize this sort of thing too, I'm just going with ones I've used/owned). Glad I got things worked out.
As a bonus, since I'm a visual thinker, I've made a reference chart (cheat sheet) that shows how the editing matrix is set up. Come to think of it, I made a parameter sheet a while ago that fits on the EX-800 with all the HAWK parameters on it... (Edit & re-post: files uploaded to miscellaneous folder)
Thanks for the help by the way.
:)