I really don't think that Claudius is that smart to figure out that Hamlet knows. He is suspicious about his actions but he seems dense in my mind. For example, in Act 3.1 he urges Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to keep questioning the lord Hamlet to share his reasonings as to why he is turning mad all of the sudden.
"With all my heart, and it doth much content me
To hear him so inclined.
Good gentlemen, give him a further edge
And drive his purpose into these delights."
If he thought more closely on the subject that rakes at his mind every minute of the day, he should realize that Hamlet knows every plan that the King has in order for him to speak. Nevertheless, Claudius keeps at it, determined to find out what is the matter... not even noting Hamlet when he is overhearing his discussions about the lord in question.
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