Can I still boot into Single User Mode if I disable the shell for root?

As @fd0 already commented, "single user mode uses /private/etc/passwd for login authentication, not Open Directory":

pse@Mithos:~$ grep ^root: /etc/passwd 
root:*:0:0:System Administrator:/var/root:/bin/sh

but

pse@Mithos:~$ sudo dscl . -read /Users/root UserShell
UserShell: /usr/bin/false

So single user mode will happily read the content of /etc/passwd and start a root shell with /bin/sh even if you set the shell to false with dscl.

Can I still boot into Single User Mode if I disable the shell for root?

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