I believe you are always creating the file. Therefore, you won't see a file not there exception. It does not hurt to put a write or file open write under try except, because you might not have privileges to create the file.
I have found with statements like try except and else to test those at the Python command line, which is a very excellent place to work out cockpit error, and I'm very experienced at generating a lot of cockpit error while proving out a concept.
The fact you're using try except is very good. I just have to go review what happens when a logic flow goes through one of them. The command line is a good place to do that.
