It appears that the spell lets you use the dragon to do a ranged strike with its action, so as far as I can see; yes. Yes it would!
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Yes, and no.
The action itself is not the Strike action (IMO; I can sympathize with the counterargument), so it would not qualify for the extra action from Haste.
This is the part before the aforementioned quote:
"While the spell persists, you can command one of your dragons to spit a missile of energy at a creature within 60 feet by using a single action, which has the concentrate trait."
That's the action, it's unnamed, but not directly taking the basic Strike action which Haste is granting. Then it goes on to describe what happens when you take that action, you Strike, so MAP, etc. factor in.
This is much like how one can't use Haste's bonus action to take other actions that essentially are Strikes, but aren't the Strike action, i.e. Skirmish Strike, Silencing Strike, and other 1-action Strike feats.
You are issuing a command. Doing so empowers you to launch a ranged Strike. It's persnickety, but seems clear once you parse the steps.
Similar to the old Spiritual Weapon spell.
You aren't the one making a Strike. You are Sustaining a spell. Haste doesn't give you an action that you can use to sustain a spell with.
The spell's effect has a subordinate action that involves you sort-of making a Strike. Narratively something else is making the Strike, but mechanically you are the one rolling the Strike and it is using your bonuses and the Attack trait applies to you.