Hi @Ricardo28 , welcome to the forum 
I think you are right, unfortunately this is not natively possible in Asana because there is no condition to check on the status of another column (in your case, if the ‘In progress’ column is empty) apart from the column that the task is already in.
I’ve moved this thread to the Product Feedback category where you and others can now vote on.
Note: Not a solution but marked as such to elevate a key reply