How to generate an acronym list with page numbers?

[Roscoe]

Currently, I use the index code XE to creat an acronym list like:

{XE "DOD" \t "Dept of Defense"}

The \t command replaces the page number with the text that follows.

the beuaty is that this generates an alphabetized list of defined
acronyms with a tab between them (not a "..." leading tab however like
it does with page numbers curiously enough).

I'd like to have both...i.e.:

DOD (tab) Dept of Defense......(tab)....page number

Any way to do this?