Mandhana scored 124 off 64 balls, hitting 14 fours and seven sixes after initially taking time to settle. She added 74 runs with Shafali Verma, who contributed 28 off 17 balls, giving India a strong start.
Mandhana reached her 18th international hundred across formats in the 17th over, surpassing Australia's Meg Lanning, who had 17 centuries. The milestone was also Mandhana's second T20 hundred.
The left-hander then moved past Mithali Raj's tally of 10,868 runs to become the leading run-scorer in women's international cricket. She reached the landmark with two sixes down the ground in the following over.
Mandhana capitalised on a Hong Kong attack that struggled to maintain its lines, while making batting look effortless on a surface where India's other batters found it difficult to accelerate.
Shafali initially struggled for fluency before breaking loose in the final over of the powerplay, which produced 22 runs.
Hong Kong attempted to contain Mandhana by bowling deliveries outside off stump, but the experienced opener countered the tactic effectively and continued to find boundaries around the ground.
Pratika Rawal, batting at No. 3 in her debut T20 series, scored 10 off 12 balls before being caught at cover.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 10 off 9 balls, while Richa Ghosh made 11 off 13. Both were dismissed while attempting aerial strokes.
Mandhana's record-breaking innings ultimately formed the centrepiece of India's 193/5, with her century and landmark-breaking run tally defining a dominant batting performance against Hong Kong.
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