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its not mold-- its a dimorphic wild yeast which grows white fuzz when exposed to oxygen and eats sugar making alcohol when stirred in. You want a bloom on top in about 7 days or so to start the colony. Then you stir it in. Check out Harry Kloman's video "Make Tej at Home"

I'm assuming that you mean the white whiskers growing on the sticks. That's not mold. Google dimorphic yeasts. These grow fur when exposed to air and that's how you start the culture. Then you stir them in and ...bingo, fermentation! The only caveat is that unless you add commercial yeast then...

I'm thinking that boiling some of the mixture is to break down the sugars in the honey to assist the ferment.