In fact it doesnt. You can check by doing:

$ nc -vz -u 8.8.8.8 53 
Connection to 8.8.8.8 53 port [udp/domain] succeeded!
$ nc -vz -u 8.8.8.8 54
Connection to 8.8.8.8 54 port [udp/*] succeeded!
$ nc -vz -u 8.8.8.8 59
Connection to 8.8.8.8 59 port [udp/*] succeeded!
$ 

So UDP its not something you can really check unless it will give you information back..

In fact, it doesn't. You can check by doing:

$ nc -vz -u 8.8.8.8 53 
Connection to 8.8.8.8 53 port [udp/domain] succeeded!
$ nc -vz -u 8.8.8.8 54
Connection to 8.8.8.8 54 port [udp/*] succeeded!
$ nc -vz -u 8.8.8.8 59
Connection to 8.8.8.8 59 port [udp/*] succeeded!
$ 

So with UDP, it's not something you can really check unless it will give you information back.