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He is 100% a Christian - a rather devout and conservative one at that, he just doesn't like to admit it in public as he doesn't like to agree to any premise on anything he believes in, or really any statement he's made - as he'd then have trouble linguistically dancing around it when it was no longer convenient for whatever argument he was in.
If you've not read this open letter / article written by a colleague and (ex) close friend of Jordan's way back in 2018 I highly recommend it to everyone researching him. Though it is long it gives a lot of insight into who he is behind closed doors, and his aspirations.
https://curtismchale.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/I-was-Jordan-Peterson%E2%80%99s-strongest-supporter.-Now-I-think-he%E2%80%99s-dangerous-The-Star.pdf
It's an interesting enough read, however, the only thing I saw that was indicative of Christian belief was his desire to create and lead a church. However, plenty of cult leaders have already done the same. What makes him a real Christian and not just another brand of cultist along the lines of Mormonism or Jehovah's Witnesses?
I see JP's public presentation of Christianity as actively steering people away from what it really is. He focuses far too much on a mythologized, deistic form of Christianity and far too little on the beliefs that set Christianity apart. So, regardless of what he might think he believes in secret, I will continue believing, until things change, that someone who has intentionally given such a flawed interpretation for as long as he has cannot truly be called a Christian.
Fair enough. I don't see Mormons or Jehovah's as 'not Christians' though, nor do they as they believe in Christ as the son of their God - which is really all it takes to be a Christian fundamentally. However I do agree that the practices of the Mormon and JW church are very manipulative and controlling to their followers in the way cults often are, and overall a negative impact to the lives of most of their followers (except those at the top).
When people brand certain Christians as not Christian because they don't follow Christs teachings the way they believe they should be followed or by some other personal metric then it quickly becomes a 'No True Scotsman' situation.