I was able to solve the problem a little bit after I asked the question with the following code before lock was instantiated:
var allowSignUp = false;
var signUpLink = '';
if (config.clientID == '<client id>') {
allowSignUp = true;
signUpLink = 'account/register';
}
var lock = new Auth0Lock(config.clientID, config.auth0Domain, {
...
allowSignUp: allowSignUp,
signUpLink: signUpLink,
....
}