Add E-mail Address to Address Book

Hi,
I'm having some trouble with situations like this:
I have somebody in my address book, and I have his mobile number only. He sends me an e-mail, which I receive in Mail for OS X. I want to add this e-mail address to the existing card in Address Book. But when I click on the e-mail address in Mail, and the drop-down menu comes up, the only options I can see are:
Copy Address
New Message
Open in Address Book
Create Smart Mailbox
Spotlight, "First Name Last Name"
Choosing, "Open in Address Book" opens that card in Address Book, but doesn't add the e-mail address in question to it! Does anybody know how to do what I am trying to do? It is something that should be simple!

I understand that they are two different pieces of software. I just meant that they were coded by people who adhere to the same philosophy when it comes to functionality.
What, then, is the purpose of the "Open in Address Book" command? If Joe Smith sends me an e-mail, and I click on his e-mail address and select "Open in Address Book" from the drop down menu, it will open Address Book and show me Joe Smith's card with his existing mobile number. But it won't add the e-mail address I just clicked on to that card. That seems asinine to me. I suppose this cuts down on a few of those six steps, but it is ridiculous that I still have to manually enter the e-mail address once I get to the card.

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