Upload to machinename.local

I'm trying to set up an action to upload files to a local machine using SFTP. I'm able to connect over SFTP using the same username and password with Transmit, but Hazel claims it cannot connect to the server. Is there a known limitation or some trick to getting this to work? The address, which works in Transmit but not in Hazel is macmini.local

.local names tend to be from mDNS (used to be called Bonjour). What happens if you do it via the commandline?