2 places to look
in the php config file there should be a line like this
extension=php_zip.dll
if there is a semi-colin(

before it then it is not enabled. no semicolin = enabled
or create a php file called phpinfo.php put this in it
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
browse to http://host.com/phpinfo.php. it should be under zip and it should say enabled or disabled
and as far as zip goes.. mine doesnt work either. it is enabled using the latest zip php extension but no beans...(IIS)
I am about to install it on my other webhost which is linux and ill see how/if it works there.