Thank you for the video. With some searching on the forum, it sounds like we can do it via scripting.
import Rhino
s = "_-DocumentProperties _Render _Background _UseCustomReflectiveEnvironment _Yes _EnterEnd"
Rhino.RhinoApp.RunScript(s, False)
The script here set the property, is there anyway we can get the property via scripting so we can restore this flag after we run the command?