FSMModelMixin is not documented in the README. The mixin appears to fix issues with refresh_from_db and has unit tests. The following note/warning about refresh_from_db is already in the README:
Note that calling refresh_from_db on a model instance with a protected FSMField will cause an exception.
This feature was added in the original source repo as PR-246 which fixed #174 - Model.refresh_from_db doesn't work with protected option.