He headed the hosts in front in a first half totally commanded by the hosts.
The Scots rode their fortunes in the first half yet lifted their amusement after the break and leveled through Ikechi Anya.
However poor safeguarding permitted Muller to flame in from short proximity to seal a limited win, with Charlie Mulgrew sent off in stoppage time for the guests.
The result is no disfavor and nor was the Scots' execution after half-time, when they appeared to discover a conviction that they could harm their renowned rivals.
Media gathering - Scotland mentor Gordon Strachan
Along these lines they did when Sunderland's Steven Fletcher fell off the seat and discharged winger Anya with an eminent pass.
The Watford player, hustling from the part of the way line, still had bounty to do yet as he approached Manuel Neuer's objective he demonstrated tremendous poise to slide the ball into the net.
That offset Muller's initial opener, which landed in spite of two prior warnings.
The German forward had twice got his head to unsafe crosses - the first a terrible miss, the second cleared to wellbeing - before the third arrived in David Marshall's net.
Anya - not surprisingly - managed midfielder Sebastian Rudy very much a lot of time and space on the German right and his measured cross discovered Muller moving between Alan Hutton and Russell Martin to circle a header over the guardian.
Thomas Muller celebrates in the wake of scoring for Germany against Scotland
Muller discovered a hole in the Scotland guard to head the opener
In the event that the Scots guarded that one inadequately, the loss of the second was disastrous. A corner from the right was not cleared and the ball fell compassionate to Muller who joyously popped the ball past the Scotland number one following 18 minutes.
Marshall had kept his side in the diversion with a string of spectacular recoveries, with Marco Reus a specific objective risk.
Germany's front four - Reus, Muller, Andre Schurrle and Mario Gotze - were compelling on occasion, joining apparently easily and leaving the Scots shields swindled by their development.
Regardless, there were incidental sights of Neuer's objective for the guests, Barry Bannan seeing an early shot avoided simply wide and Anya leaving behind two great open doors, one when Neuer was yards out of his punishment region however the winger took a substantial touch and the chance was gone.
Scotland may have had an equalizer in the opening minutes of the second period at the end of a radiant, entering once-over the right by Alan Hutton.
He selected Steven Naismith, who floated away from two shields before unleashing a low shot past Neuer yet torturously a matter of inches wide of the post.
Marshall was twice made to work by Gotze either side of Muller's second and there could have been a cap trap for Muller himself, just for the post to deny him just after Mulgrew was red checked for a moment bookable offense - kicking the ball away.
Yet despite the fact that the result was a reasonable one on the parity of play, Scotland did cause various issues for an unsteady German protection and can take certainty from the way they matched the World Cup victors after the interim.
Steven Fletcher has a headed endeavor for Scotland against Germany
The presentation of Steven Fletcher gave Scotland additionally assaulting catalyst
Ikechi Anya scores for Scotland against Germany
Anya indicated pace and self-restraint to level
Scotland players celebrating
Scotland players briefly longed for a renowned result
Scotland midfielder Charlie Mulgrew
Mulgrew will miss Scotland's next match in the wake of receving two bookings
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