For which $m,n>1$ is $D_{mn} \cong D_n \times\Bbb Z/m\Bbb Z?$

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For which $m,n>1$ is $D_{mn} \cong D_n \times\Bbb Z/m\Bbb Z$?

I did a similar question before and was trying to follow the same format, but it didn't work because I don't know how to find the number of elements of order $2$ in $D_n \times\Bbb Z/m\Bbb Z$

I was thinking about doing four cases:

Case 1: $m$ and $n$ are both even

Case 2: $m$ is even and $n$ is odd

Case 3: $m$ is odd and $n$ is even (which would be very similar to Case 2)

Case 4: $m$ and $n$ are both odd

Now I am not sure where to go with these cases.